National Business

TORONTO — A joint venture including SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and Aecon Group Inc. has signed a 10-year agreement valued at $1.3 billion to extend the life of four of Bruce Power’s Candu nuclear reactors to 2064.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday the state's budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion. That's about $10 billion more than predicted in January, when the governor offered his first budget proposal.

TORONTO — An onslaught of high-profile films set to hit movie theatres this summer has the chief executive of Canada's largest cinema chain confident that his business is charting a successful rebound from its pandemic woes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated Philip Jefferson, a member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, to serve as vice chair of the board, the White House announced Friday.

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. says it will refile three of its past quarterly financial statements after uncovering "material misstatements" linked to its BioSteel business. The Smiths Falls, Ont.

TORONTO — Onex Corp. reported a first-quarter loss as the company worked to wind down its Gluskin Sheff wealth management business and move the adviser teams to RBC Wealth Management Canada.

OTTAWA — Canadians' wages are finally growing faster than prices as inflation continues to ease, but that isn't necessarily good news for economists who worry high wage growth might stand in the way of bringing inflation back down to the two per cent

VOLOS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says he will extend “a hand of friendship” to the winner of upcoming elections in the country's neighbor and longtime regional rival Turkey — but adds that he hopes the next government will "reconsider its

WASHINGTON — The imminent overnight end of the COVID-19 public health emergency felt more like a crisis than cause for celebration Thursday as Homeland Security agents and officials braced for an onslaught of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.

MONTREAL — WSP Global continued its years-long expansion this year, acquiring companies and securing contracts with an eye to the growing market for green projects.